tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post7768398120758179118..comments2016-12-08T18:43:57.744-05:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Pinocchio Part 2AMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-33404607429724500922007-03-09T15:34:00.000-05:002007-03-09T15:34:00.000-05:00Jack Bradbury's scene of Figaro opening the window...Jack Bradbury's scene of Figaro opening the window was reused in ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559138404570089435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-5369946997220176962007-03-09T12:12:00.000-05:002007-03-09T12:12:00.000-05:00This is a terrific blog you have. It's a great in...This is a terrific blog you have. It's a great inspiration for me, as I'm writing similar commentary for Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's films. Your writing provides me with a great source of inspiration, as well as a good education about classics like Pinocchio.<BR/><BR/>Michael Sporn was right - what ever happened to the Pinocchio DVD? We're onto the third Peter Pan, and the twentieth Helpless Little Stepford Wife Princesses. So what's the deal?Daniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-42887720912815276372007-03-08T21:24:00.000-05:002007-03-08T21:24:00.000-05:00I think that the spectre is right, though I'm amaz...I think that the spectre is right, though I'm amazed that with Babbitt's Gepetto handling Pinocchio, they'd still give the animation of the puppet to Lars Calonius and not let Babbitt do it.<BR/><BR/>McClellan and Karp are definitely other Figaro animators. McClellan's Figaro walk in the cat's first scene is really lacking weight, which might be why we don't see much more of McClellan's work here.Mark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-71481051799422337442007-03-08T11:52:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:52:00.000-05:00Another marvellous post. I am amazed that so many ...Another marvellous post. I am amazed that so many different animators worked on the various characters...perhaps amazed is the wrong expression, but it is so seamless.<BR/> David N. is right and it is good to see these mostly unsung animators getting some long overdue recognition. I imagine that aside from their undoubted talent, studio politics had a lot to do with the solidifying of the nine old men in their positions at the top of the Disney studio heirarchy. The world doesn't change much...ho-hum.SW-Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09132001133399387790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-37955146529317161562007-03-08T08:13:00.000-05:002007-03-08T08:13:00.000-05:00Part of what I love about reading the drafts is th...Part of what I love about reading the drafts is that it gives a little bit of a spotlight on the work of excellent animators like Don Towsley , John Elliote, and Dick Anthony (among others). Their Jiminy scenes here are just as good , indistinguishable, from Kimball's. I would never take away from any of the accomplishments of "The Nine" and the honor they received, but too bad that so many other great animators have been obscured by their shadow for too long.<BR/><BR/>It seemed like at this point in the studio's history things were still fluid and any of these young men may have had the chance of rising to the prominence later bestowed upon the favored Nine. One always wondered why some continued to rise in the esteem of Walt and the other bigwigs , but some never went that far ...however the important thing, the work, their marvelous animation, remains and will continue to be enjoyed for years to come . Let's hope that the efforts of people such as yourself (Mark) result in more people knowing their names. <BR/><BR/>(of course, we live in such a specialized niche don't we ? As the years pass the general public probably isn't even aware of the names of the Nine Old Men, not really.)David Nhttp://inklingstudio.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-81304320525508884512007-03-07T15:56:00.000-05:002007-03-07T15:56:00.000-05:00Figaro by Larson, Bradbury and CaloniousSmall corr...<I>Figaro by Larson, Bradbury and Calonious</I><BR/><BR/>Small correction. I think Calonius handles Pinocchio. McClellan and Karp are the other Figaro animators.the spectrenoreply@blogger.com